May 20, 2024
KCNA KCNA.co.jp (En)

Korea-Europe Association Spokesman Blasts Remarks of UK Secretary of State for Defense

Date: 02/10/2017 | Source: KCNA.co.jp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, October 2 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Korea-Europe Association made public the following press statement on Monday:
On September 29, at the welcoming ceremony for the NATO secretary general held in a British nuclear submarine base in Scotland, the British secretary of State for Defense uttered a reckless remark that the British government is working together with the U.S. administration to end the nuclear program of the DPRK while claiming that their nuclear deterrence protects the U.K. from north Korea and Russia.

His reckless remark is an unsound claim to find an impertinent fake excuse to justify their pursuit of nuclear weapons modernization.

Although the U.K. dispatched its soldiers to the Korean War siding with the U.S. in the last century, we have clarified on several occasions that we do not consider the U.K. as our enemy since our two countries established official state relations in the new century.

However, recently some British politicians are saying that the possibility of British involvement cannot be ruled out in case an armed conflict takes place on the Korean peninsula.

The DPRK is watching their moves carefully with due vigilance.

Moreover, the secretary of State for Defense pigheadedly branded the DPRK's nuclear deterrence as a threat to the U.K. and even dared to impugn the dignity of our supreme leadership. This is an act that can never be tolerated.

To remind them once more, the DPRK's measures to strengthen the nuclear force are, for all intents and purposes, an exercise of its right to self-defense to safeguard peace and security in the Korean peninsula and the region from the vicious anti-DPRK hostile policy and nuclear threat of the U.S. which aim at obliterating the DPRK's sovereignty and rights to existence and development and annihilating the DPRK itself.

Whoever it is, getting recklessly involved in the confrontation between the DPRK that possesses the powerful nuclear deterrence in practice and the U.S. is a foolish act tantamount to jumping into the fire with fuel.

The U.K. would better get rid of its forlorn hope of eliminating, in collaboration with the U.S., the nuclear deterrence of the DPRK that now possesses even H-bomb and ICBM and address the DPRK-related issues from a strategic perspective.

The secretary of State for Defense should contemplate his words and behavior, rather than persistently ignoring the cause of the evil and dancing to the tune of the U.S.

More From KCNA.co.jp (En)

New Houses Built at Farm Villages

New Houses Built at Farm Villages

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- New dwelling houses have appeared at different villages of the Tokhung Farm in Kangso District, Nampho

May 19, 2024

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- New dwelling houses have appeared at different villages of the Tokhung Farm in Kangso District, Nampho

Moving into New Houses in Jonwi Street of DPRK

Moving into New Houses in Jonwi Street of DPRK

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- Jonwi Street in the DPRK is a product of dreams and ideal, loyalty and patriotic strength and

May 19, 2024

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- Jonwi Street in the DPRK is a product of dreams and ideal, loyalty and patriotic strength and

DPRK Delegation Returns Home from Russia

DPRK Delegation Returns Home from Russia

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Rason Municipal People's Committee of the DPRK led by Chairman Sin Chang Il

May 19, 2024

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Rason Municipal People's Committee of the DPRK led by Chairman Sin Chang Il

Operation of Sci-tech Learning Space Brisk in DPRK

Operation of Sci-tech Learning Space Brisk in DPRK

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- The operation of sci-tech learning space is getting brisk at different units of the DPRK, true to the

May 19, 2024

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- The operation of sci-tech learning space is getting brisk at different units of the DPRK, true to the

Birthday Spread to Woman Centenarian

Birthday Spread to Woman Centenarian

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to Pang Sun Bok, a woman centenarian living

May 19, 2024

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to Pang Sun Bok, a woman centenarian living

Progress Made in Rice-transplanting

Progress Made in Rice-transplanting

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- Rice-transplanting is progressing apace in rural areas of the DPRK. A large number of farms in

May 19, 2024

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- Rice-transplanting is progressing apace in rural areas of the DPRK. A large number of farms in

Installation of Continuous Casting System Accelerated in DPRK

Installation of Continuous Casting System Accelerated in DPRK

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- The Chollima Steel Complex in the DPRK pushes ahead with the project for additionally installing

May 19, 2024

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- The Chollima Steel Complex in the DPRK pushes ahead with the project for additionally installing

Weak Fall Victims to Imperialists: Rodong Sinmun

Weak Fall Victims to Imperialists: Rodong Sinmun

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- The military muscle and defence capability should be strong before anything else in order not to be

May 19, 2024

Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- The military muscle and defence capability should be strong before anything else in order not to be

Tiene lugar la mudanza al reparto Jonwi

Tiene lugar la mudanza al reparto Jonwi

Pyongyang, 19 de mayo (ACNC) -- Tiene lugar la mudanza a nuevas viviendas del reparto Jonwi, levantado gracias a la lucha de los

May 19, 2024

Pyongyang, 19 de mayo (ACNC) -- Tiene lugar la mudanza a nuevas viviendas del reparto Jonwi, levantado gracias a la lucha de los

Congratulations to Singaporean PM

Congratulations to Singaporean PM

Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Tok Hun, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Thursday sent a

May 18, 2024

Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Tok Hun, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Thursday sent a

Congratulations to Russian FM

Congratulations to Russian FM

Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, on May 16 sent a congratulatory message to Sergei

May 18, 2024

Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, on May 16 sent a congratulatory message to Sergei

More Articles